Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
LA'VER, a brazen vessel belonging to the tabernacle, and standing in the court, between the altar and the sacred tent. Ex 30:18, Ex 30:21. It contained A Brazen Laver on Wheels. water for the priests to wash their hands and feet before offering sacrifice, and probably also for washing the things offered. Its form is not described, but it was made from the brazen mirrors of the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle court. Ex 38:8.
In the temple of Solomon there were ten brazen layers on feet, 1 Kgs 7:27-39, five on each side of the court of priests which, were used for washing the animals to be sacrificed. 2 Chr 4:6. See Sea, The Molten.
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